Patent RU-2297333-C2 (RU)
Inventor: VANDERMELEN KRIS
IPC: B41J11/46
Filed: 2003-12-23
Granted: 2007-04-20
Abstract: FIELD: printing industry; production of the thermographic printers. 
     SUBSTANCE: the invention is pertaining to the thermographic printers. The printing device uses the consumable material providing the image carrying tape and the carrying tag containing the information on the parameters identifying at least one template suitable for the label printing on the image carrying tape. At that the printing device contains: the printing device for image printing; the tag readout tool made with the capability to receive the indicated information on the template from the tag through the non-contact connection in the form of the electromagnetic waves; and the processor made with the capability to receive the indicated information on the template and to control the operation of the printing device for printing of the label according to the at least one indicated template. The printing device also uses the consumable material providing the substrate carrying a set of the beforehand formed labels. The printing device may have the display. The printing device may use the consumable material containing the material of the thermal transition and the carrying tag containing the information on the parameters identifying the properties of the thermal transition material. At that the printing device will contain the rewinding tool for the thermal transmission material winding up after its usage and the processor has the additional capability to control the torque value, using which the rewinding rewinds the material tuff of the thermal transition depending on the indicated information. The consumable material contains the image carrying tape and the carrying tag containing the information on the parameters identifying at least one template for printing the label on the tape. At that the tag is made with the capability of the information transmission through the non-contact connection in the form of the electromagnetic waves. The consumable material contains the material of the thermal transition and carries the tag containing the information the information on the parameters, which provides the control over the torque value, with which the material is coiled up in the printer. At the consumable material has the transmitter for transmission of the information through the non-contact connection in the form of the electromagnetic waves. The consumable material may also contain the image carrying substrate, which carries the marks, which allow to control the usage of the tape. The invention also presents the combination composed of the printing device and the consumable material, which contains the image carrying tag containing the information on the parameters identifying the tape width and the information of its condition status including the quantity of the remaining tape in the consumable material. Usage of the tag on the consumable material allows do not use the microprocessor on the tape cassette and to transmit the information without losses, and also ensures the recording of the changeable information back in the store and to introduce the information with the high density. 
     EFFECT: the invention allows do not use the microprocessor on the tape cassette, to transmit the information without losses, to provide the recording of the changeable information back in the store and to introduce the information with the high density. 
     27 cl, 9 dwg